Eric Whitridge BOWEN

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BOWEN, Eric Whitridge

Service Numbers:	S11582, SX26112
Enlisted:	13 July 1942, Frankston, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13 Field Regiment AMF
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 28 August 1914
Home Town:	Maylands (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of Injuries (vehicle accident), Oakey, Queensland, Australia, 4 April 1944, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Municipality of St Peters Citizens Who Have Enlisted Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

13 Jul 1942:	Involvement Gunner, S11582
13 Jul 1942:	Involvement Gunner, SX26112, 13 Field Regiment AMF
13 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Frankston, Victoria
13 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX26112, 13 Field Regiment AMF

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Biography

"Court of Inquiry held on 11 Apr 1944 found that:-

SX26112 Gnr. Bowen E. W. died as a result of injuries sustained at approx. 1530 hrs on 04 Apr 1944 when a White Scout Car No. 135048, on charge to 13 Aust. Fld. Regt. AIF, and in which he was a passenger, struck a deeply rutted patch and overturned while travelling along a black soil track near Oakey... Gnr. Bowen E. W. was on duty at the time he sustained the said injuries. There was no negligence, misconduct or failure to observe any Act or Regulation..." - FROM HIS SERVICE RECORD P2 (recordsearch.naa.gov.au)

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